The test met all objectives, with performance data affirming the digital model and confirming the motor's capabilities. This accomplishment underscores the company's proficiency in meeting design requirements through a fully digital environment.

In the development of the high-performance second stage motor, Northrop Grumman utilized advanced model-based systems engineering (MBSE). This digital approach extended to the manufacturing facilities and tools used in the propulsion system's production.

MBSE provides teams with crucial data that refines manufacturing processes, enhances design evaluation, improves market responsiveness, accelerates process improvements, and boosts production capabilities.

Jim Kalberer, vice president of propulsion systems, stated, "We are using digital solutions across our business to produce solid rocket motors with speed, which is transforming how we design, test, and manufacture the next generation of systems. The company's propulsion business uses this level of engineering to deploy an advanced approach for newly developed rocket motors that are pushing model-based tools further than ever before."

This test marks Northrop Grumman's second successful static firing of a fully digitally designed large solid rocket motor. The first was the Common 50 High-Performance (C50HP) upper stage motor, designed for final stage propulsion in space. The second stage motor is optimized for high-altitude flight, providing the necessary thrust to propel payloads out of the atmosphere and into space.

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